From Nabû-Nasir to Esarhaddon (CM 17)
Translation
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| 1' Bêl did not come out [for the Akitu festival] |
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| 2'-6' The third year of Nabû-nasir (745/744), king of Babylon: Tiglath-Pileser ascended the throne in Assyria. In that same year the king of Assyria went down to Akkad plundered Rabbilu and Hamranu and abducted the gods of Šapazza. |
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| 7' The fifth year of Nabû-nasir (743/742): Humban-Nikaš |
| 8' ascended to the throne in Elam. |
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| 9' The [...] year: Tiglath-pileser, |
| 10' took [...] |
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| 11' [...] they went down. |
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| 12' Too fragmented |
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| 13' Too fragmented |
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| 14' Too fragmented |
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Column 2 |
| Lacuna [The fifth year of Marduk-apla-iddina (717/716): Humban-Nikaš, king of Elam, died.] |
| 1' For twenty-six years Humban-nikaš ruled Elam. |
| 2' Šutur-Nahhunte, his sister's son, ascended the throne in Elam. |
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| 3' The sixth year, Assyria [...] |
| 4' From the accession year of Marduk-apla-iddina |
| 5' until the tenth year, Assyria was belligerent |
| 6' towards Marduk-apla-iddina. |
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| 7' The tenth year (712/711): Marduk-apla-iddina |
| 8' ravaged and plundered Bit-[...]ri[7]. |
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| 9' The twelfth year of Marduk-apla-iddina (710/709): Sargon went down to Akkad |
| 10' and did battle against Marduk-apla-iddina. |
| 11' Marduk-apla-iddina retreated before him |
| 12' and fled to Elam. For twelve years Marduk-apla-iddina |
| 13' ruled Babylon. |
| 14' Sargon ascended the throne in Babylon. |
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| 15' The thirteenth year (709/708): Sargon took Bêl's hand. |
| 16' He also captured Dur-Yakin. |
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| 17' The fourteenth year (708/707): The king stayed in the land. |
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| 18' The fifteenth year (707/706): On the twenty-second day of the month Tašrîtu the gods of the Sealand |
| 19' returned to their shrines. There was a plague in Assyria. |
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| 20' The seventeenth year (705/704): Sargon marched to Tabalu. |
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Column 3 |
| 1' Nergal-ušezib in the district of Nippur on the seventh day of the month Tašrîtu did battle against the army of Assyria. |
| 2' He was taken prisoner in the battlefield and transported to Assyria. |
| 3' On the twenty-sixth day of the month Tašrîtu, the subjects of Hallušu-Inšušinak, |
| 4' king of Elam, rebelled against him. The door in his face they shot |
| 5' and they killed him. For six years Hallušu-Inšušinak ruled Elam. |
| 6' Kudur-Nahhunte ascended the throne in Elam. |
| 7' Afterwards Sennacherib went down to Elam. |
| 8' From Raši to Bit-Burnaki, |
| 9' he ravaged and plundered it. |
| 10' Mušezib-Marduk ascended the throne in Babylon. |
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| 11' The first year of Mušezib-Marduk (692/691): On the eighth day of the month Âbu, |
| 12' Kudur-Nahhunte, king of Elam, was taken prisoner in a rebellion and killed. |
| 13' For ten months Kudur-Nahhunte ruled Elam. |
| 14' Humban-nimena in Elam ascended the throne. |
| 15' In an unknown year Humban-nimena mustered the troops of Elam and Akkad |
| 16' in Halule |
| 17' and battle against Assyria he did. |
| 18' He effected an Assyrian retreat. |
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| 19' The fourth year of Mušezib-Marduk (689/688): On the fifteenth day of the month Nisannu |
| 20' Humban-nimena, king of Elam, was stricken by paralysis and |
| 21' his mouth was so affected that he could not speak. |
| 22' On the first day of the month Kislîmu the city of Babylon was captured. Mušezib-Marduk |
| 23' was taken prisoner and transported to Assyria. |
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| 1' The third year [of Esarhaddon] (678/677): [...]-ahhe-šullim, the governor of Nippur, and |
| 2' Šamaš-ibni, the Dakkurean, were transported to Assyria and |
| 3' executed in Assyria. |
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| 4' The fourth year (677/676): Sidon was captured and sacked. |
| 5' In that same year: the major-domo conscripted troops in Akkad. |
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| 6' The fifth year (676/675): On the second day of the month Tašrîtu the army of Assyria captured Baza. |
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